Saturday, August 03, 2013

My Quarterly Round-Up

So, as you may have guessed - I can sometimes be a little forgetful. However, forgetting to do my monthly round-ups for three months running is a bit of a stretch, even for me! The only excuse I can find is that I was busy with Book Expo at the end of May, and then busy recovering from Book Expo at the end of June, which may have led to me forgetting those two months.

Either way, I'll round-up all three months in one convenient post for your reading pleasure!

Reconstructing Amelia, by Kimberly McCreight. Mystery, Contemporary. BPros:Interesting examination of mothers and daughters, excellent use of alternate POVs. Cons: First half of the novel is really slow, main character is rather terrible at crime solving.

Openly Straight, by Bill Konigsberg. YA, Contemporary, LGBT. BPros: Interesting concept, original discussion, good characters. Cons: Main character is a bit whiny and privileged, ultimate pay off a little too obvious.

Pros: The heroine is pretty awesome. That poor, poor, heroine... Cons: She winds up with a misogynist narcissistic hero who kidnaps her, assaults her, restricts her movements - and is baffled that she assumes he's going to be just as bad when they're married.

2 comments:

I love that you loved Burn for Burn. I have been on the fence about that series for a while and you have given me a little push to maybe honestly read it at some point. I have her other series to get to first but if I like her writing. I will definitely continue.

Also, I am really happy you enjoyed The Universe Vs. Alex Woods. It didn't work for me like I hoped it would but I am glad there are people connecting with it because I felt really bad that it let me down. Almost like I let the book down. I was so looking forward to that one.